Corpse-carrier.



B. OREILLY. CORPSE CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, I9I7v Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

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CORPSE CARRIER.

v APPLICATION FILED APR. 27.19l7- U 1,240,359, PatentedSept. 18,1917.

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2. 5951;, am I the side rails 1 and 2 the enlarged end 33 and the end of the cyl inder 34. A red 35 is fastened to the rear end of the pin130 which passes through the inside section of the rail to which the knuckle 11 is fastened. At the end of this rod is fastened the trigger handle 36 which pro ects out of the section and by means of which the pin 30 may be disengaged from the teeth 31 so that the sections can be swung around their joints. In order to permit two of the end sections to shift simultaneously around their joints,

the crossbars 28 and 29 are hinged to the sections 3-, 3 and 6, 6 as shown at 37, 38, 39 and 40.

Supported from the frame 1 is thecanvas bag 41 which consists of the flaps 42 and 43, each of which is formed by a central section 44 and the end sections 45 and 46. The lower part of each of the central sections is adapted to be folded along the dotted line 47 so as to form one-half of the bottom of the canvas bag 41. The end sections 45 and 46 are folded up on the dotted lines 48 and 49 to form one-half of the ends of the bag as shown in dotted line in Fig. 5.

The inner edge of each of the central sections and end sections of the flaps 42 and 43 are provided with a series of eyelets 50. A rope 51 is alternately threaded through the eyelets of each of the flaps .starting at one end thereof so that the two flaps are held together at their ends and bottom to form the bag 41. The rope 51 is held in place at each end of the bag in any suitable manner or by means of a nut which is made large enough so as not to pass through the last one of the eyelets 51.

The bag 41 is suspended from the rails 1 and 2 by'means of the hook 52, one of which is shown in Fig- 7; These hooks are sewed to the outer end of the flaps 42 and 43 as shown in Figs. 1 and'G so that theycan be hooked into the rails 1 and 2 and the cross.

bars 28 and 29 to support the bag below the frame 1.

As will be seen from an inspection of Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6 the flaps 42 and 43 have triangular pieces-of canvas 53 and 54 inserted into the central sections thereof. These pieces of canvas project outwardly fromthe bag 41 and are located below the ,joint 7, 7 '8 ands? when suspended from the rails land 2 so as to permit the bag to swing with-the ends of the frame without tearing'the sides thereof.

Handles 55 are provided at each end of by means of which the carrier is held by the persons handling and 6. The complete carrier with the carrier.' The handles are mounted to sllde in the ends of the rail which allows,

30 which engage the slots in the knuckle members 10 and 14 of the joints 7, 7 8, 8 13 and 14 respectively. The. corpse islaid into the bagv 41 which has been previously formed by the flaps 42 and 43 by alternately threading the rope 51 through the eyelets of each of the flaps to hold them together at the middle of the bag.

The bag 41 is then ready to be fastened to I the frame 1 which is done by engaging the hooks 52 with the siderails l and 2 and the cross bars 28 and 29 as shown in F 1gs. 1, 2

inside the bag 41 may then be I lifted and carried to its destination.

If an abrupt corner in a small staircase is encountered and it is impossible to get through with the passage way through 8 by means corner or other obstruction the trigger hanso that thepins 30 again dles 36 are released to be carried. This is pin 30 between the a corpse carrier in its extended form, either one or both of the endsections ofthe frame may be swung sidewise so as in turn unthe end sections to be engage between the-teeth 31 and lock'the I sections together in theirbent form until the obstructionhas been passedwiththe carrier. As soon as the carrier has passed the obstruction the sections of the. frame may be swung back into their original position by again releasing the locking pin in the joints as above described and then shifting the sections until they are in line with each-other, when they a pointed out. I

WVhen it is I desired toremove the corpse from the bag 41 of the carrier the cord 51 is released on one end of the bag and pulled through ,all ofthe eyelets 50. This in turn opens the bag in the middle thereofand allows the flaps 42 and 43 to be pulled out underneath the corpse so that the carrier can be removed with the flaps suspended thereon while the corpse will remain at the point where it had been laid down.

I claim: 1. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a pair of foldable side re again locked together as above 

